Radiocarbon dates of snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea) nest sites in central Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica

Polar Record

Volumn 33, Issue 184, 1997, Pages 29-38

  Steele, W K ^a   Hiller, A ^b  

^a Roy Australasian Ornithologists U   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUMIYO; NESTING; RADIOCARBON DATING; SNOW PETREL;

ANTARCTICA, DRONNING MAUD LAND;

PAGODROMA NIVEA;

EID: 0030956379     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0032247400014145     Document Type: Article

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